
Michael McDowell
40-Year-Old Driver
Spire Motorsports

2024 Cup Stats
Points
624
Starts
36
Wins
0
Poles
6
Top 5
2
Top 10
7
2025 Fantasy Outlook
McDowell didn't enjoy the consistency that he showed in 2022, but he did check some major boxes last season. The Front Row Motorsports veteran would nab his second-career victory with an upset win on the Indy Grand Prix circuit. That would put him in the Chase playoffs for the second time in the last three years. Despite an early exit from the playoffs and 15th-place points finish, it would still be a pretty good season for the veteran driver and this small race team. The 39-year-old returns to the No. 34 Ford for the upcoming season and is reunited with crew chief, Travis Peterson. The duo will look to make another run at the playoffs, and hopefully a new career-best finish in the driver points. If McDowell could demonstrate more consistency in 2024 and possibly lower that 19.0 average finish from last season, it would certainly help to that end. Read Past Outlooks

Best Finish of the Season
McDowell finished fifth in the Viva Mexico 250 NASCAR Cup Series race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on Sunday afternoon.
ANALYSIS
The Spire Motorsports veteran started fifth on the grid and raced among the leaders all afternoon in Mexico City. McDowell would lead 2 laps at one point during the break between stage 1 and stage 2, but that would be the limit of his time on the point. McDowell would keep John Hunter Nemechek behind him in the closing laps to secure the strong fifth-place finish. It was his first Top 5 and best finish of the 2025 season.
The Spire Motorsports veteran started fifth on the grid and raced among the leaders all afternoon in Mexico City. McDowell would lead 2 laps at one point during the break between stage 1 and stage 2, but that would be the limit of his time on the point. McDowell would keep John Hunter Nemechek behind him in the closing laps to secure the strong fifth-place finish. It was his first Top 5 and best finish of the 2025 season.
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McDowell didn't enjoy the consistency that he showed in 2022, but he did check some major boxes last season. The Front Row Motorsports veteran would nab his second-career victory with an upset win on the Indy Grand Prix circuit. That would put him in the Chase playoffs for the second time in the last three years. Despite an early exit from the playoffs and 15th-place points finish, it would still be a pretty good season for the veteran driver and this small race team. The 39-year-old returns to the No. 34 Ford for the upcoming season and is reunited with crew chief, Travis Peterson. The duo will look to make another run at the playoffs, and hopefully a new career-best finish in the driver points. If McDowell could demonstrate more consistency in 2024 and possibly lower that 19.0 average finish from last season, it would certainly help to that end.
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Fast Opening Mexico Practice
McDowell was fastest in opening practice for the Viva Mexico 250 NASCAR Cup Series race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on Friday. He turned a fast lap of 92.567 mph.
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Wins Las Vegas Pole
McDowell won the pole for the Pennzoil 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday afternoon. He turned a fast lap of 186.961 mph.
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Crash and DNF at Talladega
McDowell crashed and finished 37th in the YellaWood 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway Sunday afternoon.
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Wins Talladega Pole
McDowell won the pole for the YellaWood 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday afternoon. He turned a fast lap of 183.063 mph.
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Wins Atlanta Pole Position
McDowell won the pole for the Quaker State 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway Saturday afternoon. He turned a fast lap of 179.261mph.
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